Spreading Srate Diner Waiter twig in soup pun
A diner waiter jokes during service about branches across the city. The line echoes a punning reply to a twig in the soup as a humorous urban metaphor.
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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
3
Wham Nudges Ward as Gull Flies Over Ship
A nautical banter scene unfolds aboard a vessel where a nurse calms a fevered patient with a touch and a ward echoes with a slap. A captain dismisses an omen, calling it a sea gull.
Who Else Last Daughter Married Today
Wit laughs at marriage and gout in a clipped quip about wealth and health. The speaker jokes that marriage ties and rheumatism alike reveal fortune, as the last daughter’s wedding prompts satire on social status and medical woes.
Mississippi on the march to a stronger economy
Edward Emerine threads a history of Mississippi from discovery to recovery and highlights a shift from cotton dependence to a diversified economy. The article notes soil wealth, growth in farming and timber, rising manufacturing, oil fields, and gas service as the state pursues progress and aims for a prosperous future.
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Edward Emerine Win
Mississippi
Mississippi Territory
Hernando de Soto
Mississippi River
Marquette, Joliet
Sieur de la Salle
la Salle
Louis XIV
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Fort Maurepas
Biloxi
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United States
George Poindexter
South
Mark Twain
Pearl River Country
Thomas Lowry Bailey
Magnolia
Plains
Corn
Texas
Gulf Coast
Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch Patterns for Summer Use
Needlework notices promote Gingham Fruit cross stitch designs for tea towels place mats and luncheon cloths. Pattern No 5486 offers seven transfers and a color chart for 20 cents plus name and address with minor delays due to high demand.
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